babel-plugin-dynamic-import-webpack
Babel plugin to transpile import()
to require.ensure
, for Webpack.
Note that Webpack 2 has gotten import()
after this code was written.
NOTE: Babylon v6.12.0 is required to correctly parse dynamic imports.
Installation
$ npm install babel-plugin-dynamic-import-webpack --save-dev
Usage
.babelrc
(Recommended)
Via .babelrc
Via CLI
$ babel --plugins dynamic-import-webpack script.js
Via Node API
;
Dynamic imports and webpack
Although the specification for import()
supports a dynamic importing of modules in the browser runtime, webpack's require.ensure()
is not dynamic and requires a hardcoded string to work correctly. For more information see webpack's documentation on dynamic requires.